# KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE — Notice of Amendment - **operation:** document - **citation:** CPF 120190015M - **title:** KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE — Notice of Amendment - **source type:** enforcement - **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - **status:** historical - **official:** true - **published on:** 2019-11-26 - **effective on:** Not available - **summary:** CLOSED notice of amendment citing 192.12(e). - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120190015m.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120190015m.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-120190015m - **source url:** https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/120190015M **body:** Notice of Amendment involving KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.12(e). The case was opened on 2019-11-26 and is reported as closed as of 2020-03-17. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status. Official case documents: 120190015M_Closure Letter_03172020.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120190015M/120190015M_Closure%20Letter_03172020.pdf 120190015M_Closure Letter_03172020_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120190015M/120190015M_Closure%20Letter_03172020_text.pdf 120190015M_Notice of Amendment_11262019.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120190015M/120190015M_Notice%20of%20Amendment_11262019.pdf 120190015M_Notice of Amendment_11262019_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120190015M/120190015M_Notice%20of%20Amendment_11262019_text.pdf 120190015M_Operator Response to Notice_01242020.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/120190015M/120190015M_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_01242020.pdf 120190015M_Closure Letter_03172020_text.pdf OVERNIGHT EXPRESS DELIVERY March 17, 2020 Mr. Kenneth Grubb Chief Operating Officer Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline 1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77002 CPF 1-2019-0015M Dear Mr. Grubb: From February 19 - 22, 2019, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) inspected Kinder Morgan’s (KM) Underground Gas Storage Facility (UNGS) Program in Houston, TX for the Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline (KM). As a result of the inspection, KM was issued a Notice of Amendment on November 26, 2019, which proposed amendment of your procedures. KM submitted its amended procedures on or about January 27, 2020. My staff reviewed the amended procedures, and it appears that the inadequacies outlined in this Notice of Amendment have been corrected. This letter is to inform you no further action is necessary and this case is now closed. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, Robert Burrough Director, Eastern Region Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 120190015M_Notice of Amendment_11262019_text.pdf NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OVERNIGHT EXPRESS DELIVERY November 26, 2019 Mr. Kenneth Grubb Chief Operating Officer Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline 1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77002 CPF 1-2019-0015M Dear Mr. Grubb: From February 19 - 22, 2019, a representative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pursuant to Chapter 601 of 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) inspected Kinder Morgan’s (KM) Underground Gas Storage Facility (UNGS) Program in Houston, TX for the Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline. On the basis of the inspection, PHMSA has identified the apparent inadequacies found within KM’s plans or procedures, as described below: 1. § 192.12 Underground natural gas storage facilities. (a) …. (e) Operators of underground gas storage facilities must establish and follow written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies implementing the requirements of API RP 1170 and API RP 1171, as required under this section, including the effective dates as applicable, and incorporate such procedures into their written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies established pursuant to § 192.605. CPF 1-2019-0015M KM’s written procedures for implementing the requirements of API RP 1171 were inadequate. Specifically, KM’s procedures did not address how it would assess threat and hazard interaction in their Risk Model, as required by API RP 1171, Section 8.3.2. Section 8.3.2 states in part: The operator shall use available information such as performance data collected through the field history, operations and maintenance (O&M) activities, geotechnical data such as well logs, engineering data, and completion reports to determine susceptibility to threat and hazard-related events and to assess threat and hazard interaction. At the time of the inspection, KM’s procedures failed to address the threat and hazard interaction requirement of Section 8.3.2. 2. § 192.12 Underground natural gas storage facilities. (a) …. (e) Operators of underground gas storage facilities must establish and follow written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies implementing the requirements of API RP 1170 and API RP 1171, as required under this section, including the effective dates as applicable, and incorporate such procedures into their written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies established pursuant to § 192.605. KM’s written procedures for implementing the requirements of API RP 1171 were inadequate. Specifically, KM's O&M Procedures did not address a process for the identification, selection, and implementation of P&M Measures in accordance with API RP 1171, Section 8.6 Preventive and Mitigative Measures (Section 8.6). Section 8.6.1, General, states in part: P&M measures are actions conducted by the operator to reduce the risks to the storage facilities by reducing the likelihood (preventive) or reducing the consequence (mitigative) of events related to the threats identified in 8.4. The P&M measures include routine condition monitoring activities since the acquisition and analysis of data provides information upon which additional measures can be implemented. Section 8.6.2, Methodology, states in part: The operator shall develop P&M measures to manage risks. At the time of the inspection, KM’s procedures failed to address the requirements of Section 8.6 regarding the development of P&M measures within their program. 3. § 192.12 Underground natural gas storage facilities. (a) …. (e) Operators of underground gas storage facilities must establish and follow written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies implementing the requirements of API RP 1170 and API RP 1171, as required under this section, 120190015M_Notice of Amendment_11262019_text Page 2 of 4 CPF 1-2019-0015M including the effective dates as applicable, and incorporate such procedures into their written procedures for operations, maintenance, and emergencies established pursuant to § 192.605. KM’s written procedures for implementing the requirements of API RP 1171 were inadequate. Specifically, KM did not address how the effectiveness of their Risk Management plan would be determined, as required by API RP 1171, Section 8.7.1 Periodic Assessment and Review (Section 8.7.1). Section 8.7.1 states, in part: The operator shall assess the effectiveness of risk monitoring and risk management programs and maintain a continual review and improvement cycle in risk management activities to provide functional integrity of the storage operation. The interval of review and reassessment should be short enough to identify operational and monitoring trends and measure the effectiveness of P&M measures, but long enough that the data and information that can be brought into the analysis are meaningful. At the time of the inspection, KM’s procedures failed to address how the effectiveness of their Risk Management plan would be determined in accordance with Section 8.7.1. Response to this Notice This Notice is provided pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60108(a) and 49 C.F.R. § 190.206. Enclosed as part of this Notice is a document entitled Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings. Please refer to this document and note the response options. Be advised that all material you submit in response to this enforcement action is subject to being made publicly available. If you believe that any portion of your responsive material qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b), along with the complete original document you must provide a second copy of the document with the portions you believe qualify for confidential treatment redacted and an explanation of why you believe the redacted information qualifies for confidential treatment under 5 U.S.C. 552(b). Following the receipt of this Notice, you have 30 days to submit written comments, revised procedures, or a request for a hearing under §190.211. If you do not respond within 30 days of receipt of this Notice, this constitutes a waiver of your right to contest the allegations in this Notice and authorizes the Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety to find facts as alleged in this Notice without further notice to you and to issue an Order Directing Amendment. If your plans or procedures are found inadequate as alleged in this Notice, you may be ordered to amend your plans or procedures to correct the inadequacies (49 C.F.R. § 190.206). If you are not contesting this Notice, we propose that you submit your amended procedures to my office within 30 days of receipt of this Notice. This period may be extended by written request for good cause. Once the inadequacies identified herein have been addressed in your amended procedures, this enforcement action will be closed. It is requested (not mandated) that Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline maintain documentation of the safety improvement costs associated with fulfilling this Notice of Amendment 120190015M_Notice of Amendment_11262019_text Page 3 of 4 CPF 1-2019-0015M (preparation/revision of plans, procedures) and submit the total to Robert Burrough, Director, PHMSA Eastern Region, 840 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 300, West Trenton, NJ 08628. Please refer to CPF 1-2019-0015M on each document you submit, and whenever possible provide a signed PDF copy in electronic format. Smaller files may be emailed to robert.burrough@dot.gov. Larger files should be sent on USB flash drive accompanied by the original paper copy to the Eastern Region Office. Additionally, if you choose to respond to this (or any other case), please ensure that any response letter pertains solely to one CPF case number. Sincerely, Robert Burrough Director, Eastern Region Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Enclosure: Response Options for Pipeline Operators in Enforcement Proceedings 120190015M_Notice of Amendment_11262019_text Page 4 of 4 - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 10177